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Stateside inventory in Napa and NJ(beginning Q1 2022!!) Consolidated NJ DI orders Ex cellars from Italy picked up at Winery We have three ways to work with our distribution partners: We help build brands by focusing on the things that matter. We build effective pricing and programming in conjunction with our producers We are not afraid of doing the hard work required to get a product into the right place and help it succeed. We back that up with an ever growing marketing effort, centered around digital but extending into the store. We build creative programs that resonate with today's wine consumers. Call us and let us know how we can help you increase your market share and profitability in the large and fast growing Italian Segment within the US.
We at Enotec have been helping America live deliciously since 1985. We specialize in finding family owned and estate driven wineries from across the Italian peninsula and bringing them to the US Our focus has always been wines of character and distinction, which for us means delicious wines possessing classic balance and structure, usually made by families tending their vineyards for generations, and who are focused on local indigenous varieties. They typically use traditional winemaking techniques although they aren't afraid to try modern processes if that will help make a more delicious wine.
FARMING/WINEMAKING PRACTICES
While many have chosen to go down the certification path, some have not but still use organic and sustainable practices such as minimizing the use of water in the winery, using minimal amounts of only naturally derived inputs. Quite a few use natural yeast ferments whenever possible. Sulfites are unavoidable in the production of wine, but care is taken to minimize the use of these as well.
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Our producers live on the family farms and vineyards they cultivate, and many of them have young children and pets living with them, so they care about what is happening on their properties. They are farmers first, and are out in the vineyards practically every day working with respect for the earth and their local environment.
Ca del Sarto wines are all hand crafted, small batch wines carefully chosen from four of the best regions in Italy: Friuli, Toscana, Piemonte and Sicilia These wines are a product of a unique collaboration between local rock star vintners and Enotec Imports since 1998 We saw an opportunity for a multi regional wine that could overdeliver in their quality and profit making ability. They are perfect wines for restaurant BTG programs and retails shops. The wines are made with grapes indigenous to their zone that have been grown sustainably(and in some cases organically) and reflect the sensibilities of their producers and their regions They come into the US at an accessible price point because we are the négociant and there is no middleman Because of this unique position, we can up appellate the wines, so you are getting a quality Friuli Pinot Grigio at the price of the more generic Delle Venezie products
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Ca del Sarto wines are poured BTG in top restaurants and also found in top wine stores around the country They make an excellent premium wine for anyone who wants high quality, high value wines for their program Grigio
What is it that makes up the character of a wine? To understand the answer to this, first, it is necessary to ask: what is it that makes up the character of a land? With regard to winegrowing, we call that terroir, that is, a complex interweaving of geographic, geological, climatic, and even cultural and social factors. Every little variation counts. Climate, location, soils, and people form an unmistakable totality. And in Alto Adige, the terroir forms the basis for the potential of the great wines that are grown here: unique wines at the point of intersection of Alpine and Mediterranean vegetation and culture.
The wines owe their bright and pure aromas, near perfect balance on the palate, and fresh acidity to their origins
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This is the land where Italy meets Austria Cantina di Caldaro is a famous and historic producer of classicly styled yet accessibly priced wines made from grapes grown in the vineyards surrounding Lake Caldaro, which is just outside of Bolzano
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CasalFarneto Wine Estate is located in the centre of Le Marche, amongst the hills of Ancona province at the border with two well known valleys: Valmisa and Vallesina The latter, known for its small historical villages around the city of Jesi, is the ideal area for Verdicchio, a DOC white wine, praised by oenologists and sommeliers for its tasteful character. The landscape is dotted with wide vineyards designing its hilly skyline a distinctive feature of a land full of traditions and colours.
Le Marche AN AUTHENTIC LAND
The Apennines, hills and Adriatic coast infinitely varied landscapes unfold with linearity to create the unique land of Le Marche This region is characterised by its variety of places of interest, culinary and wine growing traditions, and cultural heritage all features contributing to acknowledge it as one of the Italian regions with the highest rate of quality of life
The Sant'Agnese Estate has now been run by three generations of the Fanetti family, beginning with Adamo, followed by Giuseppe, and now Elisabetta, who picked up her father's secrets over the years, accompanying him through the vineyards as a young girl The first renaissance of the Vino Nobile took place in the 1920s, thanks to Adamo Fanetti, Adele Andreucci's husband Adele was the daughter of a Montepulciano landowner, the proprietor of the Sant'Agnese farm Adamo set out to improve the wine his father in law was already producing, and made the decision to bottle this higher quality wine on the estate Having put his plan into practice, he brought his wine to the first traditional wine fairs that took place in Siena in the 1930s, and from that moment the wine's fame was assured Awards came thick and fast, including international recognition, such as the gold medals won at the Grands Prix of Paris, Ljubljana and Milan. Today, the continuity of the estate has been entrusted to his daughter, Elisabetta.
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SCEG was born from the desire to help some friends of my grandfather Generoso My grandfather is 94 yrs and has worked his whole life in our vineyards His friends have grown up together with him and have vineyards nearby At their age its very difficult for them carry on the vineyards, and their sons are away from our little town These men have refused to sell the vineyards hoping that someday their children would change their minds and come home and then take over, but there was a high probability these vineyards would soon be gone I had to do something YEARS Tre Bicchieri Gambero
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The winery was founded in 2000 in order to save the vineyards that surround our family home from being sold, those which were purchased by my grandfather Generoso in the 60’s For decades the 6 hectares of vines located 600 meters above the sea at the foot of Mount Vulture (a dormant but not yet extinct Volcano) were cultivated for the sole purpose of selling the grapes on the local market and beyond, to northern Italy Selling the vineyards seemed the most logical solution as my dreams took me far from my native home, elsewhere in the world to seek my fortune But my heart sank at the thought of the sacrifices my family made being sold off, so I utterly changed my plans. Concurrent with my studies at the University of Pisa in Oenology and Viticulture a new project was launched, one that would invest in our territory, staking everything on a single wine, TITOLO, class “ cru ” to best represent the characteristics of Aglianico and the unique terroir and microclimate of our area.
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We are deeply rooted in our territory, a land suited to wine production and with a winemaking history over two thousand years We want to offer quality wines, which are an expression of the values of the territory and of the passion that, for almost sixty years, our family has dedicated them We only use our own grapes to produce our wines;we won’t be able to control quality any other way. You will find our name on our bottle, made with our grapes, from our vineyards...Because we deeply believe in what we do; our wines reflect our modern philosophy of production, without never forgetting the past teachings that characterize our immense cultural baggage We are based a few kilometers south of Rome, and the company extends for a surface of 32 hectares, of which 28 are vineyards We are lucky to have all the characteristics to give to the vine and its fruit, all that is needed to guarantee a healthy and balanced growth: geographic position, volcanic soils origin, the right exposure and an altitude of approximately 150m above the sea level 92pts WA Rosso 'Roma' V17 90pts D Rosso 'Roma' V17 90pts Vinous Rosso 'Roma' V17 92pts LM Merlot 'Tubbo' V19 91pts LM Cabernet 'Il Buon Bastardo' V17 91pts TP Cabernet 'Il Buon Bastardo' V17 90pts WA Cabernet 'Il Buon Bastardo' V17 CANTINA GAFFINO | P A G E 1 1
The origins of Gianni Gagliardo date back to 1847, when the Colla family first began working vineyards in the Langhe zone of Piedmont It was Paolo Colla, the fourth generation of the family who, in the 1960s, began bottling his own wine in the township of La Morra In 1973 his daughter, Marivanna, married Gianni Gagliardo, a young man from Monticello d’Alba in the Roero zone on the west bank of the Tanaro river. Gianni was a passionate young man with a notable entrepreneurial talent. It was in 1973 that the winery, as it exists today, was established. Today, the sixth generation of the family; Gianni’s sons, Stefano, Alberto, and Paolo, are the guardians of the estate Stefano, the first born, a careful and competent oenologist, has taken charge of the style of the wines, which are characterized by a tireless search for elegance, balance, and harmony At his side, his brother Alberto, who has taken on the responsibility for the vineyards, continues to seek optimal balance in the vines and a perfect ripening of the grapes Paolo, the youngest, after a doctoral thesis in Agricultural Sciences, dedicates his energies to the commercial growth and development of Gianni Gagliardo
With amazing holdings in top Cru vineyards across the Barolo zone, Poderi Gianni Gagliardo is recognized as a leader in the area, always striving to respect tradition while utilizing the very best equipment and sustainable practices to make the ultimate Barolo and Roero
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For four generations, the Grimaldi family have been tending the best vineyards in the Langhe and Roero, bottling the most prestigious appellations of the area: Barolo, Barbaresco, Nebbiolo d’Alba, Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba and Dolcetto d’Alba, Barbera d’Alba, Roero Arneis, Gavi, Moscato d’Asti and Langhe Chardonnay Over more than a century of working in the vineyards, in close contact with the soil and the vines, the Grimaldis have learned to recognise the most suitable areas for each type of vine, knowledge that they have used by planting the best varieties for the soil, altitude, micro climate and orientation Today Grimaldi produces a wide range of typical wines, a direct expression of the extraordinary variety of grapes and the unique terroir, recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. The history of the Grimaldis goes back to its country roots in the Langhe, in Valle Talloria, at the beginning of the 19th century, when fields of wheat grew between the rows of vines and every farmhouse had, next to the winery, a barn in which were bred the prestigious Fassona Piemontese cattle Grandfather Giuseppe cultivated excellent dolcetto grapes, the main variety of the Diano d’Alba area After harvesting them he would load them on to a cart and take them to Aldolcetto market, where they would be purchased by the winemakers
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The fourth generation Mine is a history tied to the land, having left Castelnuovo Abbot Bramante where my grandfather was a farmer before he opened a workshop in San Angelo, where he repaired tractors in the thirties, and arrived at Poggiolo, where today I produce a few bottles The real protagonist of this story is not me, is my father, Roberto, son of Bramante, owner S. Angelo Scalo an agricultural equipment shop known by all, in 1971 he decided to buy a farm, Poggiolo, then uninhabited, without a cellar, without even a row of vines, in practice, no nothing. At the time in Montalcino Brunello producers were just 28, was not the economic and commercial phenomenon that we have come to appreciate over the years For me, the spark was kindled in 1984, when I attended for the first time at Vinitaly, and already the following year, 1985, I started to put my giving birth to the first cru of Brunello di Montalcino, the Redwing, who followed the logic of the French Cru: a selection on the market at twice the price of the base, when nobody did In 1989, with the disappearance of father Roberto, I found myself in the position of having to take over the company, continuing to make wine, so far, exactly as he would have done Brunello di Montalcino Brunello di Montalcino JS Brunello di Montalcino Ris Brunello di Montalcino Ris Rosso di Montalcino
The result today is a winery cooperative with 650 members and 450 hectares of vineyards
Today, Cantina Kaltern is one of the principal wineries of Alto Adige, and Kaltern itself is proud of its reputation as the most popular and best known wine village in the region. But Kaltern is not only a special corner of the world for wine lovers and connoisseurs from near and far; village life revolves around wine. Wine sets the stage here; it is a source of employment and also of pride for the villagers and wine growers
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The history of Cantina Kaltern goes back to the beginning of the 20th century, a century that witnessed long, debilitating years of war and the separation of Alto Adige from Austria but also the eventful history of Kaltern’s five wineries, including glorious days as official suppliers to the court in Vienna, economic crises and boom years, and also mergers and a consistent orientation on quality in wine growing
Cantina Kaltern has a long history It took more than a century for our winery to become what it is and what it stands for today: professionalism, passion, a shared community, experience and the highest quality standards
The Marchesini family evolved again in the new millennium with another change in generation and also in the way of running the business Marcello passed the conduction of the family business onto his daughters Erika and Giorgia giving a feminine touch to the company Giorgia is an enologist, following through the process of vinification together with her father Marcello, working in the wine cellar and in the vines Erika takes care of the administrative and commercial part and also the wine tasting and sales point Both sisters agree on following in their father's footsteps, respecting his way of thinking by producing excellent quality wines but are at the same time giving great importance to producing sustainable wines. The Marchesini Family have taken the very important decision in completely eliminating chemical weed killers, pesticides and to reduce to the minimum possible the use of phytomedicine, as to the indications given by “Lotta Integrata Regione Veneto” in order to protect and preserve the territory and the biodiversity present in the land 88pts Vinous Chiaretto Classico V19
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Our dear Grandfather “ nonno Plinio,” was the one who started this truly amazing experience for our family After the war, he saved all he could to buy a tractor so that he could continue his family’s tradition of working on the land of Count Cavazzocca of Lazise Just as his family had done for 200 years before him, he put all his time and energy into doing his best. He worked so hard that in little time he managed to purchase not only the Count’s house but also his first vineyard, the one our family still owns and known as “i santi”, where we still cultivate the grapes today for the production of our Bardolino. Grandson Marcello however, continued the family business with extreme importance on quality and so changed the vision of the business This is how the new wines were introduced, they were all exclusively bottled wines such as Bardolino Chiaretto DOC and San Fermo, a red wine produced in a limited amount with the Corvina and Merlot grapes
The Best Cellar in the heart of Friuli
NAONIS, pronounced “Now Niece,” is the ancient Roman name for our home city, Pordenone, and speaks of our land’s historic winemaking expertise for the production of excellent white and sparkling wines
Established in 1931 as Cantina Sociale Cooperativa Destra Tagliamento, the Viticoltori Friulani La Delizia is family owned, and also the largest wine making facility of the Friuli Region
The company has more than 500 family growers with 2000 hectares of vineyards that extend throughout the Friuli plain, within the renowned "Friuli Grave" and "Prosecco" D.O.C. These are areas historically dedicated to viticulture and to the production of wines with a strong identity and character, exported successfully in the major foreign countries. La Delizia is a leading researcher of viticultural and oenological practices.La Delizia uses an advanced guyot vine training system with a low yield per hectare, careful selection of the best fruit and then a natural fermentation in thermo conditioned steel tanks
The last step is a long and quiet ageing on the yeasts for 6 months: these are the essential steps so that the wines can ripen and express the identity and the elegance of their origin area
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Hailing from Guarene, Piero Palladino spent his youth in Alba, where he studied winemaking at the Istituto Enologico He was employed as winemaker for a wine vendor in Biella, having moved there after the war However, Piero did not cut ties with Alba and the Langhe In the years following, his characterizing resourcefulness led him to set up businesses in various sectors, before definitively arriving in the textile industry However, wine remained his passion, one that he emphatically asserted at the first opportunity In 1974, Piero bought the current Azienda Vinicola Palladino and entrusted its management to his cousin Maurilio, his subsequent business partner Maurilio Palladino, together with his wife Domenica, managed the company for years, drawing inspiration from the principle of fidelity to tradition and the characteristics of the territory Today his experience is combined with the enthusiasm of the new generation, who help to manage the cellar and to continuously research new markets They include Maurilio's granddaughter Veronica and her husband Alessandro and Margherita, Piero's granddaughter and daughter to Mauro Palladino, Maurilio's partner and cousin. Not to forget Luca and Matteo who provide invaluable help in the vineyard and in the wine cellar. Our Philosophy A wine cellar is its territory: a simple philosophy, focused on the link with tradition, on respect for the terroir and the passion with which we try to communicate these values throughout the world
PASSION links all of the elements and is the underlying premise and the indispensable ingredient of each phase, from the careful tending of the vineyard to the processes of winemaking in the cellar and finally the promotional efforts in Italy and abroad
TRADITION lets us relive history through the memory of the past and respect for the vines, tended according to ancient customs of manual processes, thus bringing a healthy product into the wine cellar, which is followed step by step, until its evolution into wine
The TERRITORY finds expression in the purity of production of the historical Piedmontese denominations and in the ability each wine possesses, capable of summarising, with its own aroma and flavour, the specifics of the grapes ' terroir of origin
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Cantina Fratelli Pardi story begins in 1919 when the three brothers, Alfredo, Francesco and Alberto, establish it The winery was, back then, located on the ground floor of the San Marco Hospital, as part of San Francesco monastery in Montefalco. The grapes, used in the wines’ production, partly belonged to the family and some were bought from other local landowners. White and red wines were produced and marketed, but it was the Sagrantino, exclusively Passito, to be the foremost. The wines were sold all over Umbria, and eventually out of the region, to eminent costumers such as the Vatican
In 2002 the founders’ great grand sons, Francesco, Gianluca Rio, and Alberto Mario, driven by the will of the Pardi family to keep on the tradition, and with the help of their parents Agostino and Alberto, restore the building in Montefalco and revive their great grandfathers’ winery
Today the brothers Alberto Mario and Gianluca Rio, with their enthusiasm and hard work, are the new era of the Pardi wine’s legacy
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93pts WS Chianti Classico 'Vigna Viacosta' V16 93pts WS Cabernet Sauvignon 'Mon Nene' V11 91pts Vinous Cabernet Sauvignon 'Mon Nene' V15 93pts W&S Chianti Classico 'Viacosta' V16 92pts Vinous Chianti Classico V16, 90pts W&S V17 FATTORIA RODANO | P A G E 2 2
Fattoria di Rodáno is located in the heart of the Chianti Classico in the famed region of Castellina in Chianti The original farm dates to the Middle Ages and sits on the historic “Via Franchigena” used by pilgrims to travel from northern Europe to Rome It became a wine producing property in the sixteenth century. The winery has been in the Pozzesi family for three generations, since 1958. Vittorio Pozzesi, who owned the winery until his passing in 2012, was the President of the Chianti Classico Consortium. His son, Enrico is now the winemaker and managing partner of the winery. In an area that is dominated by giant wineries, Rodano remains a small, family run, artisanal estate practicing organic, traditional wine fermentations in cement and aging in large, neutral botte Fattoria di Rodáno is a top source for classically made, user friendly and complex Chianti Located in Castellina in the heart of the Chianti Classico district, the estate dates back as a wine producing property to the sixteenth century, belonging to the Pozzesi family ever since that time
Born as Ronchi San Giuseppe, this passion had to be handed down and exported So the whole family was infected, from me, to my children, up to my grandchildren, far exceeding my childhood dreams The name Monviert originates from the church, which has watched over our 87 hectares for centuries In Friulian, the language that speaks our land, means " open mountain": because the "mountain" that hosts it gives an " open " view From its top it manages to show all the love that my family has sown, and continues to sow, in this land for three generations
Tre Bicchieri Picolit V16 94pts Vinous Picolit V16 90pts Vinous Friulano V18 90pts Vinous Sauvignon Blanc V18 90pts Vinous Refosco V17 88pts Vinous Pinot Grigio V20 Due Bicchieri Sauvignon V18 RONCHI DI PIETRO | P A G E 2 3
It all started from my parents' stone house, built from brick to brick, a bit like our company with its plots In the same way, we have also expanded the structure that houses Monviert, cutting out the space it deserves Today the venue is a joy for the eyes, capable of transmitting in a crystalline way all the emotions that we want to express daily through our wines, because over time the spirit has remained unchanged, only the passion has grown, and continues to grow.
The company was founded in 1973 by Vincenzo Spinelli In the Eighties, his sons Carlo and Adriano joined the business full time The company ’ s production capacity increased and the owners started to closely monitor all stages of production, from the selection of grapes through to winemaking and bottling. In the early Nineties, the company expanded further, acquiring appropriate facilities and state of the art equipment. In the 2000s the range of wines was expanded and the expansion on the international market increased. Our company is a family business, this means that everything that really matters is inside our history Deeply rooted in us and in our land, and has always been handed down by generation Grapes are grown in Abruzzo, between the Maiella mountain and the sea 50 hectares of company property and 30 of rented property in a geographic area between the Frentane hills and the hills of Medio Sangro in the province of Chieti, an area that is particularly suitable for grape growing and one of the most important wine producing regions in Italy
BEST BUY WE Montepulciano & Trebbiano V19 94pts LM Rosato V20 92pts LM Pinot Grigio V20 91pts LM Montepulciano d'Abruzzo V19 90pts LM Chardonnay V20 90pts LM Cabernet Sauvignon V20 90pts Vinous Rosato V19 CANTINE SPINELLI | P A G E 2 4
FAMILY,
A THEIR LAND, THEIR WINE
Terra d’Aligi is the brand par excellence of a company and a family, that produces wines for many generations They describe us, the Spinelli family, as authentic people from Abruzzi: feet on the ground and looking to the future
It’s the Italian region in which we live, it’s the land of Aligi, the land of our wines The shepherd is the main character of “La Figlia di Iorio”, a famous drama of Gabriele D’Annunzio, top poet from Abruzzi And it’s no accident: the deep roots of this region are bound to the sheep farming, furrowed by the centuries old ways of transhumance Between the highest mountain tops of the Appennines the Gran Sasso and the Maiella and the Adriatic Sea, the ways of the shepherds draw the hills and slide into the valleys, touching slightly the vineyards One of the most typical wines of the Abruzzi, the Pecorino, is dedicated to them In one of these valleys, the Val di Sangro, our grapes grow ripe
Probably it is like that The feet on the ground is the love for the land and the deep knowledge of what it can produce: they are the tradition, the innate capacity to handle the land, feeling the air, to discover new vineyards and to exploit the maximal potential of the territory.
FROM THE ABRUZZO HILLS, TO THE ROOTS OF PASSION.
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After a distinguished career in bio technology and research, which culminated in founding Italy’s first biotech research company Biosearch Italia(which went on to launch on the NASDAQ), Claudio Quarta decided to return to his home region and begin the next phase of his life as a winemaker His vision was to highlight the incredible and distinctive wines of the regions near to his heart and to elevate them to Grand Cru status Fast forward to the vineyards of Southern Italy: his first venture was to be Tenute Eméra in Lizzano, followed shortly thereafter by Cantina Sanpaolo in Campania and in 2012 by his third winery, the small Cantina Moros in Salento In the same year Alessandra falls in love with her oenological project and decides to follow in dad's footsteps, contributing with the same visionary approach to the crowning of a great dream Tenute Eméra, Cantina Sanpaolo, Cantina Moros, three wineries, three different territories, one goal: to produce wines capable of "telling" the story of the South of Italy. Here the great reds and the elegant whites are born, which express the identity of the territories and the essence of their native vines. Wines with a soul. With a contemporary style, attentive to sustainability in every production phase, where technological modernity is used to rediscover the authenticity of the grapes that have made the history of these territories.
For the US Market, Claudio and Alessandra import wines of these three top estates, but also produce a second label brand called Antica Masseria, which brings the key regions and their wines together in a more accessible way for US wine lovers
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The labels currently produced are eight Claudio Quarta’s CANTINA SANPAOLO vineyard is composed of small plots for a total of about 22 hectares: 10 extend around the cellar, divided between the areas of Tufo where the precious Greco of Lapio is grown in the heart of the DOCG Fiano d'Avellino for the breeding of Fiano and Paternopoli, for the cultivation of Aglianico, in the DOP Irpinia Aglianico and DOCG Taurasi The other 12 hectares, cultivated in Falanghina and Aglianico, constitute a single estate located in Pietrelcina, in the Benevento area Rosso
CANTINA SANPAOLO rises in a hilly area, straddling the provinces of Avellino and Benevento, perfectly integrating with the landscape Here the white berried grapes are grown which give rise to Greco di Tufo DOCG, Fiano di Avellino DOCG and Beneventano Falanghina IGP, together with the fine Irpinia Aglianico DOP from which the homonymous wine and the most prestigious Taurasi DOCG are born. The cellar develops on three levels dug on the slope of a hill: the terracing nearing completion, with planting of vineyards, will allow it to be completely integrated with the surrounding environment, respecting the harmony of the landscape that inspired its restructuring It is technically equipped for the production of whites and reds and for their refinement in the barrel room, made up of barrels of different carats: barrique, tonneau and oak barrels
91pts Italian Wine Report Sud del Sud V18 93pts Italian Wine Report Anima di Negroamaro V17 89pts WS Primitivo di Manduria V16 TENUTE EMERA | P A G E 2 8
TENUTE EMÉRA is the largest of Claudio Quarta's four cellars, located in the heart of the DOPs of Manduria and Lizzano in Puglia The farmhouse cellar houses the ancient millstones of the early 1900s which, once the recovery in progress is complete, will be used to revive the emotion of the traditional pressing of the grapes with your feet. The name refers to the goddess Hemera, Greek divinity that symbolizes the day: a tribute to the culture of Magna Grecia and a reference to the geographical position of the estates, located in the Salento peninsula, the easternmost edge of Italy that first witnessed the rise of the Sun. A large vineyard close to the sea that extends over a property of about 80 hectares, of which almost 50 are planted in 2007 In addition to the indigenous varieties such as Primitivo, Negroamaro and Fiano, international vines such as Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay have been planted, following a rigorous micro zoning scheme Here was planted what probably represents the largest biodiversity vineyard in the world, with about 500 varieties of minor vines, mainly of Caucasian and Mediterranean origin A project launched in collaboration with the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Milan with the aim of preserving a unique source of biodiversity and continuing to study the characteristics and quality potential of the vines
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